The United States Civil War was fought between the states remaining loyal to the Union (predominately states from the North) and those wishing to secede‚ forming a separate nation‚ the Confederate States of America (made up of the southern states). One of the deadliest battles of the war was the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle lasted from July 1‚ 1863 until July 3‚1863. This battle is recognized as the deadliest battle to take place on U.S. soil. In 2011‚ the History Channel made a documentary about
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John Buchan‚ (1875 – 1940) was a Scottish novelist‚ historian‚ biographer and editor. Outside the field of literature he was‚ at various times‚ a barrister‚ a publisher‚ a lieutenant colonel in the Intelligence Corps‚ the Director of Information—reporting directly to prime minister David Lloyd George—during the First World War and a Unionist MP who served as Governor General of Canada‚ the 15th since Canadian Confederation. His contributions includes: • He wrote 29 novels. • He has 2 collections
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June 6‚ 1944‚ one of the biggest days in the history of the world. This battle turned the tide of WWII and ultimately began Germany’s downfall. This is the story of the events that happened before‚ during‚ and after that crucial day. Planning for D-day started in 1943 in England. The war was in full swing. Before they could start planning the intricate details‚ they needed a place to land thousands of men onto French soil. A group led by British General Frederick Morgan accomplished a reconnaissance
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Laura De Vos 20053655 January 2009 The American Historical Novel after 1950 Luc Herman and Petrus Van Ewijk Gravity’s Rainbow: Drugs‚ the Counterforce‚ and the Beats Introduction Just as the ghost of Rathenau claims that “secular history is a diversionary tactic” (GR 167[1])‚ I want to investigate in this essay how drugs can be a “diversionary tactic‚” both in the world of the novel as that of the writer. All layers of society in the novel use drugs‚ from Pointsman (GR 168-169) to Tchitcherine
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Aaron Burr’s Life Biography Aaron Burr was born on February 6‚ 1756 in Newark‚ New Jersey. When he first arrived‚ a little sister named Sally had already preceded him. Their father was Reverend Aaron Burr‚ and their mother was Ester Edwards Burr‚ daughter of the famous Jonathan Edwards‚ a high honor at the Calvin school. Aaron Burr Sr. was also the second president of Princeton. He represented all that was austere and hopeless in Puritanism. But Aaron‚ Jr. inherited only one tenet out of
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Russian literature: History Overview Russian literature has long been a cultural focus of the entire world. It’s not surprising that the formation of Russia’s first literary traditions goes back to the first century. The adoption of Christianity boosted the development of literacy‚ philosophy and theological literature. The earliest literary works were not written in the Russian language but in Old Church Slavonic which was developed in the 9th century by Greek missionaries Cyril and Methodius
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Napoleon Bonaparte – Great Leader of Flawed Dictator Today‚ Napoleon Bonaparte is considered one of the most prominent leaders in world history. Born on August 15‚ 1769‚ in Ajaccio‚ Corsica‚ France‚ Napoleon was the fourth child of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. His father was an attorney‚ and while both of Napoleon’s parents were members of the minor Corsican nobility‚ the family did not possess much wealth. He attended school as a child in mainland France and later attended military school
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naval ships on fire. The British and Spanish troops burned many French ships‚ and sailed away from Toulon. On December 19th‚ Napoleon and the French troops got the town. A couple days later‚ Napoleon‚ only 24 years old‚ was given a promotion of brigadier general. By the next year‚ Napoleon grew very successful‚ and was chosen to be the inspector of artillery for the Army of the
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Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15th of August 1769 in Corsica. Educated at military school‚ he served in Valence and Auxonne until after the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general at age of 24 because of his strategy in the siege of Toulon and subsequently appointed as the commander of French Army in Italy. France now faced a new coalition - Austria and Russia had allied with Britain. Napoleon returned to Paris‚ where the government was in crisis. He
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19 STARS : A Study in Military Character and Leadership Puryear‚ Edgar F. (1971). 19 STARS New York: Presidio Press 19 STARS was written by Edgar F. Puryear‚ Jr. I do not know much about the author. I completed a thorough search but was unable to find any information. The one thing that I do know of him is that he is fascinated with the study of leadership because he has written other books on it; examples include George S. Brown‚ General‚ U.S. Air Force: Destined for Stars‚ American Generalship:
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